How Can Persistent Allergic Cough With Mucus Be Treated Despite Taking Predcort, Allegra And Aeroflux?

Posted on Sun, 4 Feb 2018

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Question : My daugher has a allergic mucusy cough..mostly at night her chest sounds rattling..what can i do to help her sleep this rattling causes her to cough alot..right now she is coughing..alot of mucus is heard..when she breathes and this couses her to cough..
I gave her
Predcort
Allegra
Aeroflux
Please help please she is 3 years

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:

She will mostly need inhaled bronchodilators.

Detailed Answer:

Hello,

By your history and description, the possibility of bronchospasm related cough is more likely.

Allergy-causing bronchospasm and this, in turn, causes a cough, mucus expectoration etc.

She will need inhaled bronchodilators (formoterol or salmeterol) and inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) (budesonide or fluticasone).

Please let me know if this is her first-time symptoms or she gets in all winter or season change.

Hope I have answered your query.

Take care

Regards,
Dr Kaushal Bhavsar, Pulmonologist

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